Tenant Convicted of Larceny After Letting Friend Have Boston Housing Authority Apartment

In Commonwealth vs Alejandro Alvarez, a tenant who “gave possession [of a subsidized housing unit] to an undocumented person who did not qualify for such housing” was convicted of larceny, sentence upheld in 90 Mass App. Ct. 158.

Fraud with housing subsidies does happen. Here’s one case that didn’t get away.